The Bottineau pioneer., 1887-04-21
The HaddOck Murder Trial.

On the 9Th, Arensdorf, the alleged muir.
derer OF Haddock was called to the stand.
He endeavored to supply missing link
in the chain proving an alibi. He gave an
account OF his doings on the night OF the
murder, and stated that he was in sa-
loon called the English Kitchen" when he
irst heard OF the murder. Have heard
he testimony of Leavitt; was not
{. t the corner OF Fourth and Wa
ter streets when Haddock was killed.:
was at the meeting on Aug. 2. There was
no private meeting to my knowledge.
Nothing was said in my presence to ''dc
up" any one; heard nothing about hiring
remark about bio wing up any ones house;
had no conversation with Leavitt in front
OF Warlch's saloon, had no such conver.
sation as Mrs. Leavitt testifes to have
heard; had a conversation with Leavitt at
Standard theatre in relation to his bonds.
A surprise was given him and his counsel
when he was confronted by Il transcript
OF his evidence before the coroners jury.
Portions were read wherein his statement
as to his whereabouts at the time OF the
murder quite materially differed from his
evidence to-day. When asked if he SO tes.
titled he displayed weakness. Harry Sher-
win, one of the co-defendants, former rro-
prietor Of the saloon known as the English
Kitchen, testified that Arensdorf was in
his place when Haddock was shot.
On the 7th, Leavitt was called by the de-
fence, and cross examined in regard to the
published confession, in order to show
The defence then rested and the
State introduced rebutting testimony.
G.. w. Schmidt, the witness who
swore to viewing the murder from his
window in the Columbia house, and swore
that Leavitt fired the shot was recalled.
During the examination the fact cropped
out that Schmidt at one time resided in
the jail at New Elm for the period OF six
months, and that he abandoned his wife,
who afterwards died in q poorhouse
Five witnesses who knew Schmidtin Lake
Benton, Mimi, gave him a very bad char
acter. These gentlemen ait A. c. Mathews,
clerk of the district court; G. H. jackson,
travelling for the Empire Lumber company
John L. Cass, former county attorney; 5
Nordville former probate judge, and E. M
Olmen, former county commissioner. A
large number OF witnesses were called to
rebut various points in the evidence fol
the defence.
On Saturday, the 18th day OF the trial
the evidence was partially closed. The
day was devoted to cleaning evidence in
rebuttal. The defense recalled 0. II. Jack
son and John L. Cass for further cross ex
animation in reference to the veracity and
| character of the witness G. w Schmidt
who swore that he saw Leavitt kill Had
| dock. jackson and Cass live at Lake Benton
Mimi. More closely questioned as to what
| they knew derogatory to Schmidt's char
| acter, one of them said he used to rob hi
| wife OF her earnings as q washerwoman tt
feed his vices, and the other said he had a
! one time offered to sell the virtue OF hi
| daughter for money. 1t is understood
some time will be occupied in presenting
| legal questions to the court before counse
| will be able to submit arguments to tn
jury. -........ -
Oscar s. Straus, the new minister tt
| Turkey, accompanied by his family. sailet
for Europe. l..
A delegation OF ish-Americans called a
the White House to invite the president
| to attend a meeting to be held Il
protest against the coercion policy in Ire
land. They saw Col. Lam ont and were in
formed that whatever the presidents view
on the subject might be. it would be mani
| testify improper for him to attend such 9
| meeting in his official capacity. The com
! mittee were convinced OF the wisdom o
this reasoning, and withdrew without fur
| ther effort to see the president.
| General Knott began the award Of con
| tracts for carrying the mails on 843 mis-
/ cellaneous star and steamboat routes 10
! periods ranging from one TO four years
All Of the states except Delaware, and 6
l. Of the territories except Alaska and Arix,
ma are represented in the list.